The Hurricane Choir was the brainchild of Martin Meader. After the devastation of the Katrina and Rita hurricanes in September 2005, Martin connected with friends in Baton Rouge. Together they conceived the idea of building a large interfaith community-based choir similar to the choir he from conducts in Australia, to help in the rebuilding process in Louisiana.
Martin put together a team of international specialists (from America, Australia and Canada) with local community members, singers, musicians and volunteers to coordinate the choir.
The Hurricane choir, which consisted of 250 members plus a band, gave three multi-media performances that were held on June 2nd, 3rd and June 4th 2006 at Jefferson Baptist Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
